Various factions of MPs are jostling to stamp their mark on the EU withdrawal agenda in what is shaping up to be Brexit’s “Super Tuesday” showdown in the Commons.
It will be down to Speaker John Bercow which proposals are selected for a vote later on Tuesday.
Here are some of the most prominent amendments tabled:
Brake on the backstop
Tabled by Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee, if it passed the Commons its supporters believe it gives Mrs May more firepower to go back to Brussels and ask for more concessions and get a Withdrawal Agreement through Parliament.
Fellow Tories Andrew Murrison and John Baron scrapped very similar amendments to clear a path, but the hardline ERG is refusing to back it.
Grieve amendment
In a bid to prevent a no-deal Brexit, the cross-party backed proposal from Dominic Grieve would effectively wrest control of Commons business from the Government for six individual days in the run-up to the UK’s scheduled withdrawal date of March 29 with the intention of getting MPs to reach a consensus on how to handle it.
Taking control
MPs would get a vote on extending Article 50 to the end of the year and preventing a no-deal exit under the terms of the Bill. The Labour frontbench has been publicly flirting with throwing its weight behind the amendment.
When will the PM understand that the ideological leaders of the ERG do not want a deal? They just want to string things out until it is too late. Pragmatic Conservatives should support the Cooper amendment tomorrow and shoot the no-deal fox. https://t.co/vMmEbrCklO
— Nick Boles MP (@NickBoles) January 28, 2019
No to no deal
A cross-party effort headed by Tory Dame Caroline Spelman has widespread support and rejects the UK quitting the EU without a Withdrawal Agreement. This would probably be more palatable to the Government than either the Grieve or Cooper bids for MPs to take back control.
Labour’s twin track approach
Amendments have been tacked on to the Labour push, with the Liberal Democrats calling for Remain to be on the ballot paper in any referendum, and Labour backbenchers urging Parliament to legislate for a public vote.
Indicative votes
Commons Exiting the European Union Committee chairman Hilary Benn wants a series of votes on various Brexit options to see where the most support lies.
The Malthouse Compromise
Only an emerging plan at this point, it would extend the transition period from the end of 2020 and in to December 2021 and allow the UK and EU to “prepare properly” for WTO terms or “obviate this outcome by negotiating a mutually beneficial future relationship”.
It is reportedly backed by members of both the Remain and Leave camps of the Conservative party.
